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National Recovery Month



September is Recovery Month National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month 2013


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  • September Press Conference

    On September 24, 2012, SAMHSA held a press conference to release the data of the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The press conference also kicked off Recovery Month 2012, where representatives from Federal agencies, and people in recovery, spoke.
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Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

National Recovery Month 2013

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  • Behavioral Health is Essential to Health
  • Prevention Works
  • Treatment is Effective
  • People Recover
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